What are minority rights? To answer this frequently asked question, the ECMI released a cartoon for the wider public, now available in 24 different languages.
The cartoon on minority rights was released in late 2016, available in English. ECMI is pleased to share that thanks to our volunteers who made the translation possible, the cartoon is now available in Russian and Bulgarian, as well as with subtitles in 21 additional languages!
The languages include:

1. Albanian (subtitles)
2. Bulgarian (voiceover)
3. Czech (subtitles)
4. Danish (subtitles)
5. Dutch (subtitles)
6. French (subtitles)
7. Georgian (subtitles)
8. German (subtitles)
9. Greek (subtitles)
10. Hungarian (subtitles)
11. Italian (subtitles)
12. Japanese (subtitles)
13. Lithuanian (subtitles)
14. Polish (subtitles)
15. Romanian (subtitles)
16. Russian (voiceover)
17. Serbian (subtitles)
18. Slovak (subtitles)
19. Slovenian (subtitles)
20. Spanish (subtitles)
21. Swedish (subtitles)
22. Turkish (subtitles)
23. Ukrainian (subtitles)

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